Bananarchy

Bryant with an awful error, there.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:44 PM) I still think there is something wrong with Arrieta and now Hammell? In the NL long term the Mets are pretty stacked going forward and I would say they have a better long term outlook than the cub. Depends if the Cubs go out and buy blue chip pitching, which they can certainly do because they're paying nothing to these rookies.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:39 PM) I'm thinking that they will. The Mets starting pitching is way stronger than the Cardinals depleted rotation at this point and I think the argument could be made that the Mets offense is better too. The Cubs are in trouble. Cubs are 7-0 against the Mets. They should be favored.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 01:04 PM) The irony is that ownership is one of their highest rated categories. Reinsdorf is a powerful and respected owner. However, he has not improved the front office, which sucks.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 11:03 AM) Arrieta is going to get paid this year and it will be an unexpectedly big hit to them. His agent is Boras and his free agency is still a few years off. Yeah, but there isn't a salary cap. They are in a completely different world. They have so many rookies making very little money.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 09:26 AM) If the Dodgers lose tonight I wouldn't be surprised to see them throw everything and the kitchen sink at Price, they really lack SP depth for a team with such a large payroll. I know they'll be in it, but I feel like the Cubs will still get him.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 08:56 AM) I heard it all this morning from cubs fans at work. Not worried if they win this series because they never thought they would be there, next year will be a cake walk, and lackey will be in a cub uniform in 2016. I don't get these people at all. Why Lackey, though? I'm pretty sure it will be David Price in a Cubs uniform.

QUOTE (Whitewashed in '05 @ Oct 10, 2015 -> 08:48 PM) Making money off Cubs hating? Sox would make plenty of money. Just look at the attention Sox fan pay to the Cubs. The Cubs thread in Diamond Club is the perfect example. Hell, the Cardinals vs. Cubs thread has more pages than the rest combined. Cub fans tax money have now and in the past been used to support the White Sox organization. Every Chicagoan's taxes support the local sports team, regardless of loyalty. This is why the White Sox can't advertise "anti-Cub"

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:58 PM) 6-3 mets. Ugh, the Mets fans are almost as bad as the Cardinal fans. The National League is just so hatable.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:53 PM) The $300 million team has 2 starting pitchers they can trust. They don't though, right? I thought Kershaw was bad last postseason.

QUOTE (BamaDoc @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 12:29 PM) I have a slightly different take. I think this is in part a unintended consequence of replay. In the past, umpires allowed the phantom touching of second on double plays in part to protect the infielders. With replay the phantom is dead. This puts more infielders in harms way than before so the odds of this happening increase. It is old school to bust up the dp anyway you can and I am not advocating hurting a player at all. They will change the rule this off season because owners don't want millionaires/assets getting hurt just like the Posey rule. You may be right, but the fact is, that's a dirty play. I get what you're saying, but the issue isn't that Utley was out, it was that he essentially Mortal Kombatted a guy out of the post season.

QUOTE (maggsmaggs @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 04:50 PM) There are definitely more games missed because of head-related injuries than five years ago with the League's new concussion protocols. As far as other injuries, who knows? I am sure there is a study out there. I would be shocked if ACL tears weren't up over the last five seasons. Most experts seem to attribute the injuries to the lack of padded practices in the preseason.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:42 PM) You respect him for tolerating a culture of losing? No I respect these and this But he's lost me with the way he's running the Sox as of late.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:40 PM) True but this was not the Jake gem cubs fans promised. Cards do or die tue. This just doesn't look like the every year Cardinals. Not sure how they won that many games.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:37 PM) 8-6! Two outs. Everyone knew that didn't matter. A bases clearing home run with two outs is kind of a buzz kill honestly.

QUOTE (Dunt @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:34 PM) What has Reinsdorf done? He has tolerated a culture of losing for too long. Williams still has an office in the building.

That guy with the Marlins jersey...what?

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:25 PM) The Sox are never going to go over bonus level for IFA Not until Reinsdorf dies and the team is sold. I'm convinced that's what the team needs to build a perennial winner, which breaks my heart because I have so much respect for what Reinsdorf has done.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:18 PM) That cub fans are douche bags? Cubs fans are douches and the Sox suck

That is so gone.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:18 PM) Two Oh right, I didn't count the douche part.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 08:15 PM) My cub friends are douche bags with the texts I'm getting tonight. It's over, champagne is chilling, and my favorite, sox suck. Only one of those statements is true.

That's another Cubs rookie. Oh my god.

I made a comment earlier about the BS Cubs fans, but honestly, the Cardinals fans are almost as bad. Taking the north/south side bias out, the Cardinals are the worst fans in baseball.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 04:38 PM) And I'd be happy for her if they won it, it's just too bad all the jackasses ruin it. This is my problem with the Cubs, too. The frat boys are obnoxious, but I admire what that organization has done for an otherwise undeserving fanbase of bros who wait in line for the stalls at the Wrigley bathrooms.